No need to "shout, " but brit/covenant has been translated (first by St. Jerome, I believe) as "testament." (i.e. testamentum) So the point is that the use of the terms Old and New Testament reflects a supersessionist/replacement theology, a bias against Judaism - the assertion that Judaism's covenant is the old one, and has been replaced with a new one. Andrea
--- On Sat, 6/2/12, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: Testament does NOT mean covenant… and NEVER has.
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